Privacy statement

Products & Services:
LK & Associates and its subsidiaries and affiliates ("LK & Associates") respects your privacy. This Privacy Policy provides succinctly the manner your data is collected and used by LK & Associates. You are advised to please read the Privacy Policy carefully. By accessing the services provided by LK & Associates you agree to the collection and use of your data by LK & Associates in the manner provided in this Privacy Policy.

We want you to

feel comfortable using our web sites
feel secure submitting information to us
contact us with your questions or concerns about privacy on this site
know that by using our sites you are consenting to the collection of certain data

WHAT INFORMATION IS, OR MAY BE, COLLECTED FROM YOU?
We will automatically receive and collect certain anonymous information in standard usage logs through our Web server, including computer-identification information obtained from "cookies," sent to your browser from a

web server cookie stored on your hard drive
an IP address, assigned to the computer which you use
the domain server through which you access our service
the type of computer you're using
the type of web browser you're using

We may collect the following personally identifiable information about you:

name including first and last name
alternate email address
mobile phone number and contact details
ZIP/Postal code
demographic profile (like your age, gender, occupation, education, address and durables owned);
preferences and interests (such as news, sports, travel and so on);
financial information (like account or credit card numbers); and
opinions of features on our websites.

We may also collect the following information:

about the pages you visit/access
the links you click on our site
the number of times you access the page

You can terminate your account at any time. However, your information may remain stored in archive on our servers even after the deletion or the termination of your account. WHO COLLECTS THE INFORMATION? We will collect anonymous traffic information from you when you visit our site We will collect personally identifiable information about you only as part of a voluntary registration process, on-line survey, or contest or any combination thereof.

Our advertisers may collect anonymous traffic information from their own assigned cookies to your browser. The Site contains links to other Web sites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of such Web sites which we do not own, manage or control. We make chat rooms, forums, instant messenger and message boards and other services available to you. Please understand that any information that is disclosed in these areas becomes public information.

We have no control over its use and you should exercise caution when disclosing your personal information to anyone. HOW IS THE INFORMATION USED?

We use your personal information to:

help us provide personalized features
tailor our sites to your interest
to get in touch with you when necessary
to provide the services requested by you
to preserve social history as governed by existing law or policy

We use contact information internally to:

direct our efforts for product improvement
contact you as a survey respondent
notify you if you win any contest; and
send you promotional materials from our contest sponsors or advertisers
Generally, we use anonymous traffic information to:
remind us of who you are in order to deliver to you a better and more personalized service from both an advertising and an editorial perspective;
recognize your access privileges to our Web sites
track your entries in some of our promotions, sweepstakes and contests to indicate a player's progress through the promotion and to track entries, submissions, and status in prize drawings
make sure that you don't see the same ad repeatedly
help diagnose problems with our server
administer our Web sites
track your session so that we can understand better how people use our sites

WITH WHOM WILL YOUR INFORMATION BE SHAREDWe will not use your financial information for any purpose other than to complete a transaction with you.

We do not rent, sell or share your personal information and we will not disclose any of your personally identifiable information to third parties unless:

we have your permission
to provide products or services you've requested
to help investigate, prevent or take action regarding unlawful and illegal activities, suspected fraud, potential threat to the safety or security of any person, violations of LK & Associates terms of use or to defend against legal claims;
special circumstances such as compliance with subpoenas, court orders, requests/order from legal authorities or law enforcement agencies requiring such disclosure.

We share your information with advertisers on an aggregate basis only. WHAT CHOICES ARE AVAILABLE TO YOU REGARDING COLLECTION, USE AND DISTRIBUTION OF YOUR INFORMATION? Supplying personally identifiable information is entirely voluntary.

You are not required to register with us in order to use our sites. However, we offer some services only to visitors who do register. You may change your interests at any time and may opt-in or opt-out of any marketing / promotional / newsletters mailings.

LK & Associates reserves the right to send you certain service related communication, considered to be a part of your rediff account without offering you the facility to opt-out. You may update your information and change your account settings at any time. Upon request, we will remove/block your personally identifiable information from our database, thereby canceling your registration.

See Contact information below. However, your information may remain stored in archive on our servers even after the deletion or the termination of your account. If we plan to use your personally identifiable information for any commercial purposes, we will notify you at the time we collect that information and allow you to opt-out of having your information used for those purposes.

You can accept or decline the cookies. All sites that are customizable require that you accept cookies. You also must accept cookies to register as someone for access to some of our services. For information on how to set your browser to alert you to cookies, or to reject cookies, go to http://www.cookiecentral.com/faq/.

WHAT SECURITY PROCEDURES ARE IN PLACE TO PROTECT INFORMATION FROM LOSS, MISUSE OR ALTERATION?
To protect against the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under our control, we have in place appropriate physical, electronic and managerial procedures.

For example, our servers are accessible only to authorized personnel and that your information is shared with respective personnel on need to know basis to complete the transaction and to provide the services requested by you. Although we will endeavor to safeguard the confidentiality of your personally identifiable information, transmissions made by means of the Internet cannot be made absolutely secure.

By using this site, you agree that we will have no liability for disclosure of your information due to errors in transmission or unauthorized acts of third parties.

HOW CAN YOU CORRECT INACCURACIES IN THE INFORMATION?

To correct or update any information you have provided, our sites allow you to do it online.

In the event of loss of access details you can use any of the following options:

Send an e-mail to customercare@lkassociates.net

Call the following telephone number: 1-252-449-8830

POLICY UPDATES
We reserve the right to change or update this policy at any time by placing a prominent notice on our site. Such changes shall be effective immediately upon posting to this site. You are can offer your views, suggestions, if any, by submitting the filled in feedback form online. CONTACT INFORMATION You can contact us at: LK & Associates Tel.: 252-449-8830 Address: PO Box 2167 Kitty Hawk, NC 27949